What
Are You
“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature… Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”
Suppose you don’t remember a damn thing about your life. What then? Would it be tragic only to others? Regretful only in theory? So much for living your life based on some principle.
Unless of course you’re living the experiential life solely for what it has to offer you in the present moment rather than so you can say at a later point in time, “Boy, I’m sure glad I did all that shit. Now I can die happy.”
Come to think of it, I don’t think anyone can truly die happy. Maybe die consolatory. If that makes sense.
I often ask myself, “Which will I regret more: living experientially and not accomplishing much, or accomplishing a lot but not having many experiences to show for it?” As of late, my response has been the latter, every time.
I know that sounds like such a cool-guy-with-sunglasses response, but it’s the truth. I think I’m changing…
“But gypsies don’t want to belong to the white society either. They have their own rules in the camp. For example, if a girl is getting married she must be a virgin. The oldest woman of the family will violently insert a napkin inside her and if she bleeds, it means she’s a virgin. If she doesn’t bleed, they’ll cancel the wedding and the girl will be marked with a knife wound on her face. This is why anal sex is such a common practice within the gypsy community.”
“Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don’t.”
“Men do not differ much about what things they will call evils; they differ enormously about what evils they will call excusable.”
